Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Question:804 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons that have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in County Kerry and County Cork. [21701/04]
View answerWednesday, 29 September 2004
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I regret that my Department does not have information on the prevalence of diagnosed Parkinson's disease, as there is no register for this condition and it is not a notifiable disease. I can, however, give the Deputy information on the number of discharges from hospital from the hospital in-patient enquiry, HIPE, system, which records information on each in-patient and day-case discharge from all publicly-funded acute hospitals. According to this source, the number of discharges in 2003 with a principal diagnosis of Parkinson's disease where county of residence is given as Cork is 77, while the corresponding figure for Kerry is 23.
The Central Statistics Office compiles figures on causes of death. The number of deaths registered due to Parkinson's disease in 2002 for residents of counties Cork and Kerry was 15 and five respectively.
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